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Distinguished Contributor to Green Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Elected into Fellowship of National Academy of Inventors

Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology, or the use of microscopic structures to diagnose, image, treat and prevent disease. Current problems in nanomedicine include understanding and anticipating the potentially toxic impact these nanostructures have on the body and the environment once they're released.

18 Dec 2014

Fractal Receives Second Patent Notice of Allowance on Invisibility Cloaks

Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. announced it has received a second patent notice of allowance (NOA) on invisibility cloaks. Upon issuance the new patent will secure rights on methods to make cloaks, fractal resonator (metamaterial) systems, and cloaks of different shapes, among other claims.

18 Dec 2014

Solar Frontier to Supply CIS Thin-Film Modules to SUNY Poly’s Zero Energy Nanotechnology Building

Solar Frontier announced today that it has been selected to supply its CIS thin-film modules to the Zero Energy Nanotechnology (ZEN) building at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute’s (SUNY Poly) Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE).

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 17 Dec 2014

Uptake of Quantum Dot Nanoparticles Traced from Water to Plant Roots, Leaves and Caterpillars

In one of the most comprehensive laboratory studies of its kind, Rice University scientists traced the uptake and accumulation of quantum dot nanoparticles from water to plant roots, plant leaves and leaf-eating caterpillars.

17 Dec 2014

Stacking Multiple 2D Materials May Help Create Less Expensive Semiconductor Devices

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has found that stacking materials that are only one atom thick can create semiconductor junctions that transfer charge efficiently, regardless of whether the crystalline structure of the materials is mismatched – lowering the manufacturing cost for a wide variety of semiconductor devices such as solar cells, lasers and LEDs.

15 Dec 2014

Laser Shock Imprinting to Create 3D Nanoshapes Holds Promise for Mass Production of Plasmonic Metamaterials

A new method that creates large-area patterns of three-dimensional nanoshapes from metal sheets represents a potential manufacturing system to inexpensively mass produce innovations such as "plasmonic metamaterials" for advanced technologies.

15 Dec 2014

Nanomaterial Coatings Improve Strength, Biocompatibility of Hip and Knee Replacements

Washington State University researchers are working to improve materials used in hip and knee replacements so that they last longer and allow patients to quickly get back on their feet after surgery.

15 Dec 2014

Research and Markets Offers Subscription to Nanotrends Journal 2014

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nanotrends" subscription to their offering.

From Research and Markets 15 Dec 2014

COBRA PzF Stent System with Polyzene-F Nano-Thin Coating Safe for Heart Disease Treatment

CeloNova BioSciences, Inc., today announced results from a First-in-Man (FIM) clinical trial presented by Luc Maillard, MD PhD, at the prestigious French Cardiology Meeting, GRCI, held in Paris, France. In his presentation entitled, “First-in-man expérience avec le stent Cobra-PzF, utilisant un nano-coating,” Dr. Maillard concluded that the COBRA PzF™ coronary stent system with advanced nano-thin coating of Polyzene™-F polymer can be a safe and effective interventional treatment for real-world and complex patients with heart disease.

15 Dec 2014

New Nanotechnology Industry Review and Prospects Report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nanotechnology Industry Review and Prospects: Key technologies and Markets in 2015 and Beyond " report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 15 Dec 2014

Nanomaterials News

Distinguished Contributor to Green Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Elected into Fellowship of National Academy of Inventors

Fractal Receives Second Patent Notice of Allowance on Invisibility Cloaks

Solar Frontier to Supply CIS Thin-Film Modules to SUNY Poly’s Zero Energy Nanotechnology Building

Uptake of Quantum Dot Nanoparticles Traced from Water to Plant Roots, Leaves and Caterpillars

Stacking Multiple 2D Materials May Help Create Less Expensive Semiconductor Devices

Laser Shock Imprinting to Create 3D Nanoshapes Holds Promise for Mass Production of Plasmonic Metamaterials

Nanomaterial Coatings Improve Strength, Biocompatibility of Hip and Knee Replacements

Research and Markets Offers Subscription to Nanotrends Journal 2014

COBRA PzF Stent System with Polyzene-F Nano-Thin Coating Safe for Heart Disease Treatment

New Nanotechnology Industry Review and Prospects Report

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Amino Acid-Functionalized Magnetite Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Therapeutic Potential

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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